Jubilee why june

A live concert at Buckingham Palace, called the Platinum Party at the Palace, will feature "the world's biggest entertainment stars". And the Queen will head to the Derby, at Epsom Downs, with her family. The events will mark the Queen's year reign, a milestone she will have reached on 6 February next year - becoming the first British Monarch to do so. As with the Queen's Golden and Diamond Jubilees, the first week in June has been chosen for the celebratory weekend, with the summer offering a better chance of good weather than February.

The Queen will be 96 at the time of the Platinum Jubilee events, taking place exactly a year from now. The first day of the long weekend, the Thursday , will see Trooping the Colour held in full for the first time since the pandemic. There will be more than 1, parading soldiers, horses and musicians taking part. For the first time, the capital cities of Commonwealth countries will also light beacons.

The live concert at the palace will take place that evening. Performers have yet to be named, but it is billed as bringing together some of the world's biggest stars to celebrate the most significant and joyous moments from the Queen's seven-decade reign. That day's events will also include the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, which will feature 5, people from the UK and the Commonwealth performing around the area of Buckingham Palace.

It will include street arts, theatre, music, circus, carnival and costume, the Palace said. There will also be year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations throughout the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and around the world. And throughout the year, the Queen and other members of the Royal Family will travel around the country taking part in engagements to mark the occasion - but the focal point will be the special June weekend.

The Queen is expected to attend all of the events herself - other than the Big Jubilee Lunch. BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said: "There has been some slowing down for several years, but she is still very engaged. As for the Queen, she is "forward-looking" and will see it as an opportunity for herself, her family and the wider population "to have a bit of a celebration", he added - especially after what has been a difficult year for her family, with the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

The four day celebrations will feature an extensive programme of events that mix the best of British ceremonial splendour and pageantry with cutting edge artistic and technological displays.

These will be interspersed with the traditional nationwide fanfare and celebrations. Spectacular moments in London and other major cities will be complemented by events in communities across the UK and the Commonwealth, allowing people to join together in celebration and thanks at a national and local level. In keeping with tradition, a Platinum Jubilee medal will be awarded to people who work in public service including representatives of the Armed Forces, the emergency services and the prison services.

This tradition stretches back to the reign of Queen Victoria when an official medal was designed to mark her 50th anniversary on the throne. We can all look forward to a special, four-day Jubilee weekend, when we will put on a spectacular, once-in-a-generation show that mixes the best of British ceremonial splendour with cutting edge art and technology.

Further details on all aspects of programming, including events and how the public can get involved will be released in the months ahead. The design and qualifying criteria for the Platinum Jubilee medal will be announced in due course. To help us improve GOV.

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